On the basis of a critical review of the existing studies about diachronic corpus at home and abroad, this paper explored the compilation and application of diachronic corpus of Chinese-English verbal humor and its retrieval system. The design rationale and the process of corpus compilation were elaborated. Besides, the means of realization and functions of the retrieval system were introduced. Finally, the application of the system was discussed briefly. The corpus was expected to contribute to studies on humor translat...
